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  1. Book ; Conference proceedings: DNA protein interactions in transcription

    Gralla, Jay D.

    proceedings of Director's Sponsors UCLA Symposium [Titled DNA-Protein Complexes in Transcription], held at Keystone, Colorado, April 4 - 10, 1988

    (UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology ; N.s., 95)

    1989  

    Title variant DNA-protein
    Institution Symposium Titled DNA Protein Complexes in Transcription
    Author's details ed. Jay D. Gralla
    Series title UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology ; N.s., 95
    Collection
    Keywords Transcription, Genetic / congresses ; Transcription Factors / congresses ; Eukaryoten ; Transkription ; Prokaryoten ; DNS ; Proteine ; Wechselwirkung
    Subject Wechselwirkungen ; Interaktion ; Eiweiss ; Protein ; Desoxyribonucleinsäure ; DNA ; DNA-Molekül ; Desoxyribonukleinsäure ; Prokaryonten ; Protokaryonten ; Prokaryota ; Prokarya ; Procaryota ; Procarya ; Monera ; Anukleobionten ; Akaryobionten ; Eukaryonten ; Eukaryota ; Eukarya ; Eucaryota ; Eucarya ; Nukleobionten
    Language English
    Size XVII, 333 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
    Publisher Liss
    Publishing place New York
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Book ; Conference proceedings
    HBZ-ID HT003418320
    ISBN 0-8451-2694-6 ; 978-0-8451-2694-3
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Medicine, Health

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  2. Article: Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA transcription: regulatory roles for ppGpp, NTPs, architectural proteins and a polymerase-binding protein.

    Gralla, Jay D

    Molecular microbiology

    2005  Volume 55, Issue 4, Page(s) 973–977

    Abstract: Ribosomal RNA transcription can limit the rate of Escherichia coli growth and is subject to complex regulation. Somehow, the cell is able to sense the general nutritional environment and adjust rRNA transcription so that an appropriate number of ... ...

    Abstract Ribosomal RNA transcription can limit the rate of Escherichia coli growth and is subject to complex regulation. Somehow, the cell is able to sense the general nutritional environment and adjust rRNA transcription so that an appropriate number of ribosomes is produced. This review discusses the current state of affairs, including recent information about the involvement of two nucleotide regulators, two architectural protein regulators, one new co-regulator and stalled ribosomes.
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Guanosine Tetraphosphate/metabolism ; RNA, Bacterial/genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; RNA, Bacterial ; RNA, Ribosomal ; Guanosine Tetraphosphate (33503-72-9)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. ; Review
    ZDB-ID 619315-8
    ISSN 1365-2958 ; 0950-382X
    ISSN (online) 1365-2958
    ISSN 0950-382X
    DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04455.x
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  3. Article ; Online: The TFIIB tip domain couples transcription initiation to events involved in RNA processing.

    Tran, Khiem / Gralla, Jay D

    The Journal of biological chemistry

    2010  Volume 285, Issue 51, Page(s) 39580–39587

    Abstract: TFIIB is the only factor within the multimegadalton transcription complex that is obligatorily required to undergo dissociation and re-association with each round of mRNA transcription. Here we show that a six-amino acid human TFIIB tip region is needed ... ...

    Abstract TFIIB is the only factor within the multimegadalton transcription complex that is obligatorily required to undergo dissociation and re-association with each round of mRNA transcription. Here we show that a six-amino acid human TFIIB tip region is needed for appropriate levels of serine 5 C-terminal domain phosphorylation and mRNA capping and for retention of the required elongation factor TFIIF. We suggest that the broad functions of this tiny region are used to suppress transcription noise by restricting functional RNA synthesis from non-promoter sites on the genome, which will not contain TFIIB.
    MeSH term(s) HeLa Cells ; Humans ; RNA Caps/genetics ; RNA Caps/metabolism ; RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/physiology ; RNA, Fungal/biosynthesis ; RNA, Fungal/genetics ; Schizosaccharomyces/genetics ; Schizosaccharomyces/metabolism ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/genetics ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/metabolism ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/genetics ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/metabolism ; Transcription Factors, TFII/genetics ; Transcription Factors, TFII/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic/physiology ; Transcriptional Activation/physiology
    Chemical Substances RNA Caps ; RNA, Fungal ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins ; Transcription Factor TFIIB ; Transcription Factors, TFII ; transcription factor TFIIF (EC 3.6.4.12)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-09-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
    DOI 10.1074/jbc.M110.171850
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  4. Article: The TFIIB Tip Domain Couples Transcription Initiation to Events Involved in RNA Processing

    Tran, Khiem / Gralla, Jay D

    Journal of biological chemistry. 2010 Dec. 17, v. 285, no. 51

    2010  

    Abstract: TFIIB is the only factor within the multimegadalton transcription complex that is obligatorily required to undergo dissociation and re-association with each round of mRNA transcription. Here we show that a six-amino acid human TFIIB tip region is needed ... ...

    Abstract TFIIB is the only factor within the multimegadalton transcription complex that is obligatorily required to undergo dissociation and re-association with each round of mRNA transcription. Here we show that a six-amino acid human TFIIB tip region is needed for appropriate levels of serine 5 C-terminal domain phosphorylation and mRNA capping and for retention of the required elongation factor TFIIF. We suggest that the broad functions of this tiny region are used to suppress transcription noise by restricting functional RNA synthesis from non-promoter sites on the genome, which will not contain TFIIB.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2010-1217
    Size p. 39580-39587.
    Publishing place American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
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  5. Article: Control of the timing of promoter escape and RNA catalysis by the transcription factor IIb fingertip.

    Tran, Khiem / Gralla, Jay D

    The Journal of biological chemistry

    2008  Volume 283, Issue 23, Page(s) 15665–15671

    Abstract: Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) recruits RNA polymerase II to promoters and inserts a finger domain into its active site, with unknown consequences. Here we show that that the tip of this finger is important for two transcription initiation functions. ... ...

    Abstract Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) recruits RNA polymerase II to promoters and inserts a finger domain into its active site, with unknown consequences. Here we show that that the tip of this finger is important for two transcription initiation functions. First, TFIIB acts as a catalytic cofactor for initial RNA bond formation. It does so via a pair of fingertip aspartates that can bind magnesium, placing TFIIB within a family of proteins that insert finger domains to alter the catalytic functions of RNA polymerase. Second, the TFIIB fingertip mediates the timing of the release of TFIIB that is associated with appropriate promoter escape. These initiation requirements may assist in RNA quality control by minimizing functional synthesis when RNA polymerase becomes inappropriately associated with the genome without having been recruited there by TFIIB.
    MeSH term(s) Catalysis ; Genome, Human/physiology ; Humans ; Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology ; Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology ; RNA Polymerase II/chemistry ; RNA Polymerase II/genetics ; RNA Polymerase II/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry ; RNA, Messenger/genetics ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/chemistry ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/genetics ; Transcription Factor TFIIB/metabolism
    Chemical Substances RNA, Messenger ; Transcription Factor TFIIB ; RNA Polymerase II (EC 2.7.7.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-04-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
    DOI 10.1074/jbc.M801439200
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  6. Article ; Online: Remodeling and activation of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by osmolytes.

    Gralla, Jay D / Huo, Yi-Xin

    Biochemistry

    2008  Volume 47, Issue 50, Page(s) 13189–13196

    Abstract: The ability of bacteria to survive environmental stresses and colonize the gastrointestinal tract depends on adaptation to high osmolarity. The adaptation involves global reprogramming of gene expression, including inhibition of bulk sigma70 RNA ... ...

    Abstract The ability of bacteria to survive environmental stresses and colonize the gastrointestinal tract depends on adaptation to high osmolarity. The adaptation involves global reprogramming of gene expression, including inhibition of bulk sigma70 RNA polymerase transcription and activation of bulk sigma38 transcription. The activating signal transduction pathways that originate with osmolytes remain to be established. Experiments here confirm that accumulation of a simple signaling molecule, glutamate, can reprogram RNA polymerase in vitro without the need for specific protein receptors. During osmotic activation, glutamate appears to act as a Hofmeister series osmolyte to facilitate promoter escape. Escape is accompanied by a remodeling of the key interaction between the sigma38 stress protein and the beta-flap of the bacterial core RNA polymerase. This activation event contrasts with the established mechanism of inhibition in which glutamate, by virtue of its electrostatic properties, helps to inhibit binding to ribosomal promoters after osmotic shock. Overall, Escherichia coli survival in natural hosts and reservoirs is expected to rely on the accumulation of simple ions that trigger changes in protein conformation that lead to global changes in transcription.
    MeSH term(s) DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/antagonists & inhibitors ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; Enzyme Activation/genetics ; Escherichia coli/enzymology ; Escherichia coli/genetics ; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry ; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics ; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism ; Osmolar Concentration ; Sigma Factor/antagonists & inhibitors ; Sigma Factor/chemistry ; Sigma Factor/genetics ; Sigma Factor/metabolism ; Transcriptional Activation/genetics ; Water-Electrolyte Balance/genetics
    Chemical Substances Escherichia coli Proteins ; Sigma Factor ; RNA polymerase Esigma(38) (EC 2.7.7.-) ; RNA polymerase sigma 70 (EC 2.7.7.-) ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases (EC 2.7.7.6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-12-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1108-3
    ISSN 1520-4995 ; 0006-2960
    ISSN (online) 1520-4995
    ISSN 0006-2960
    DOI 10.1021/bi801075x
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  7. Article: Control of the Timing of Promoter Escape and RNA Catalysis by the Transcription Factor IIB Fingertip

    Tran, Khiem / Gralla, Jay D

    Journal of biological chemistry. 2008 June 6, v. 283, no. 23

    2008  

    Abstract: Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) recruits RNA polymerase II to promoters and inserts a finger domain into its active site, with unknown consequences. Here we show that that the tip of this finger is important for two transcription initiation functions. ... ...

    Abstract Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) recruits RNA polymerase II to promoters and inserts a finger domain into its active site, with unknown consequences. Here we show that that the tip of this finger is important for two transcription initiation functions. First, TFIIB acts as a catalytic cofactor for initial RNA bond formation. It does so via a pair of fingertip aspartates that can bind magnesium, placing TFIIB within a family of proteins that insert finger domains to alter the catalytic functions of RNA polymerase. Second, the TFIIB fingertip mediates the timing of the release of TFIIB that is associated with appropriate promoter escape. These initiation requirements may assist in RNA quality control by minimizing functional synthesis when RNA polymerase becomes inappropriately associated with the genome without having been recruited there by TFIIB.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2008-0606
    Size p. 15665-15671.
    Publishing place American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
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  8. Article: Potassium glutamate as a transcriptional inhibitor during bacterial osmoregulation.

    Gralla, Jay D / Vargas, David R

    The EMBO journal

    2006  Volume 25, Issue 7, Page(s) 1515–1521

    Abstract: Potassium glutamate accumulates upon hyper-osmotic shock and serves as a temporary osmoprotectant. This salt leads to transcriptional activation of sets of genes that allow the cell to achieve long-term adaptation to high osmolarity. The current ... ...

    Abstract Potassium glutamate accumulates upon hyper-osmotic shock and serves as a temporary osmoprotectant. This salt leads to transcriptional activation of sets of genes that allow the cell to achieve long-term adaptation to high osmolarity. The current experiments show that potassium glutamate also acts as an inhibitor of bulk cellular transcription. It can do so independent of the involvement of macromolecular repressors or activators by virtue of its ability to directly inhibit RNA polymerase binding to ribosomal promoters. Thus, potassium glutamate mediates a global transcription switch by acting differentially on RNA polymerase at sets of genomic promoters that differ in their built-in direct response to this salt.
    MeSH term(s) DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism ; Escherichia coli K12/drug effects ; Escherichia coli K12/physiology ; Glutamates/pharmacology ; Osmotic Pressure ; Potassium Acetate/pharmacology ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; RNA, Bacterial/genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal/genetics ; Ribosomes/genetics ; Ribosomes/metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic ; Water-Electrolyte Balance
    Chemical Substances Glutamates ; RNA, Bacterial ; RNA, Ribosomal ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases (EC 2.7.7.6) ; Potassium Acetate (M911911U02)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2006-04-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 586044-1
    ISSN 1460-2075 ; 0261-4189
    ISSN (online) 1460-2075
    ISSN 0261-4189
    DOI 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601041
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  9. Article ; Online: Stimulation of the XPB ATP-dependent helicase by the beta subunit of TFIIE.

    Lin, Yin C / Gralla, Jay D

    Nucleic acids research

    2005  Volume 33, Issue 9, Page(s) 3072–3081

    Abstract: TFIIE and TFIIH are essential for the promoter opening and escape that occurs as RNA polymerase II transits into early elongation. XPB, a subunit of TFIIH, contains an ATP-dependent helicase activity that is used in both of these processes. Here, we show ...

    Abstract TFIIE and TFIIH are essential for the promoter opening and escape that occurs as RNA polymerase II transits into early elongation. XPB, a subunit of TFIIH, contains an ATP-dependent helicase activity that is used in both of these processes. Here, we show that the smaller beta subunit of TFIIE stimulates the XPB helicase and ATPase activities. The larger alpha subunit can use its known inhibitory activity to moderate the stimulation by the beta subunit. Regions of TFIIE beta required for the helicase stimulation were identified. Mutants were constructed that are defective in stimulating the XPB helicase but still allow intact TFIIE to bind and recruit XPB and TFIIH to form the pre-initiation complex. In a test for the functional significance of the stimulatory effect of TFIIE beta, these mutant forms of TFIIE were shown to be defective in a transcription assay on linear DNA. The data suggest that the beta subunit of TFIIE is an ATPase and helicase co-factor that can assist the XPB subunit of TFIIH during transcription initiation and the transition to early elongation, enhancing the potential diversity of regulatory targets.
    MeSH term(s) Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism ; DNA Helicases/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Mutation ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Protein Subunits/chemistry ; Protein Subunits/genetics ; Transcription Factors, TFII/chemistry ; Transcription Factors, TFII/genetics ; Transcription Factors, TFII/physiology ; Transcription, Genetic
    Chemical Substances DNA-Binding Proteins ; Protein Subunits ; Transcription Factors, TFII ; transcription factor TFIIE ; XPBC-ERCC-3 protein (146045-44-5) ; Adenosine Triphosphatases (EC 3.6.1.-) ; DNA Helicases (EC 3.6.4.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-05-25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 186809-3
    ISSN 1362-4962 ; 1362-4954 ; 0301-5610 ; 0305-1048
    ISSN (online) 1362-4962 ; 1362-4954
    ISSN 0301-5610 ; 0305-1048
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gki623
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  10. Article: Mechanism of stimulation of ribosomal promoters by binding of the +1 and +2 nucleotides.

    Lew, Chih M / Gralla, Jay D

    The Journal of biological chemistry

    2004  Volume 279, Issue 19, Page(s) 19481–19485

    Abstract: The rate of transcription of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA promoters is central to adjusting the cellular growth rate to nutritional conditions. The +1 initiating nucleotide and ppGpp are regulatory effectors of these promoters. The data herein show ... ...

    Abstract The rate of transcription of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA promoters is central to adjusting the cellular growth rate to nutritional conditions. The +1 initiating nucleotide and ppGpp are regulatory effectors of these promoters. The data herein show that in vitro transcription is also regulated by the +2 nucleotide. Both the +1 and +2 nucleotides act by driving polymerase into an altered conformation rather than by increasing the lifetime of transcription complexes. The unique design of the ribosomal promoters may stabilize a distorted state of polymerase that is relieved by the binding of the two nucleotides required for transcription initiation.
    MeSH term(s) Binding Sites ; DNA/chemistry ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Escherichia coli/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Heparin/pharmacology ; Kinetics ; Nucleotides/chemistry ; Plasmids/metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry ; Ribosomes/genetics ; Ribosomes/physiology ; Transcription, Genetic
    Chemical Substances Nucleotides ; RNA, Ribosomal ; Heparin (9005-49-6) ; DNA (9007-49-2) ; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases (EC 2.7.7.6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2004-03-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2997-x
    ISSN 1083-351X ; 0021-9258
    ISSN (online) 1083-351X
    ISSN 0021-9258
    DOI 10.1074/jbc.M401285200
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